13
ADVERTISING RATES
31 1 mo. 3 mos. 6 moo 1.91.
1.50 1.75 3.50 6.60 12.0
. 9.00 9.50 6.50 9.00 20.0
. 4.50 6.23 9.00 17.00 25.10
11.50 17.00 25.00 45.
19.60 2200 40.03 60. 1 0
20.00 40.00 60.00 110..0
30.00 60.00 110 00 200.10
One lr
s
krie S quares
Six nurtures,
Quarter Column
Halt Column .
Ole Column
Professional Cards 111, 03 per line per year.
Administrator's and Auditor's Notices, $3.00
City Notices, 20 cents per Haslet Insertion 15 coats per
Ins each subsequent insertion.
Ten lines agate constitute a square.
ROBERT IREDELL, JR., PUBLIOUSIIs
ALLENTOWN, PA
D 1: Exactas.
LeIIIAINTRE do ROSS,
212 North Eighth Street, Phila.
By confining thsmeolves lo a opecial line. of goods and
debt ir i l l ' oTer ro d ?. tro e g i Vis e7al o ;s a y " " Arl e :l ' ag th d a e n ,
Shone
le wanting to make up the mast thorough stock of
• WHITE GOODS,
All sorts of Laces, and at this season a specialty Is
made of '
NOTTINOTHE LACE CURTAINS
gro lM..lll 3 l , c o nal: s l t n o er i t . bi o th n e c i . yard. The choicest
Our 27M pieces, representing more than Ni MO yards of
HAMBURG EDGIHGB AND INSERTINGS
All select patterns and blittoirAole edged,
Bias tacking and hies tucking combinations made
solely fur their Owli 61.08.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
may I•tfw •
E. 8. 81113111 R.) uR EA. 8. EMIBIER
Increase in Businses
NECESSITATED INCREASE
IN STOCK I
SPRING AND SUMMER
ANNOUNCEMENT
DAIL Y ARRIVALS,
Emma
" MAMMOTH STORES."
E. S. SHIMER & CO.,
705 AND 707
HAMILTON ST., ALLENTOWN, PA.,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS
OUR frYnClt Is entirely too extsnal•e to euumerate ar
ticles. end will only air that It la Itt'l nud com p .. to
every part color, comprising ail the d.tfe rut novelties of
the tacos, and at prices ,bat rautett be endemid by
any our. We keep everything usually kept la a well
regulated Store. In
DRESS GOODS
Such au BL,4"K SILK%
FANCY COLOlir
FANCY .Y PRIPRD SI R.
JAP SR.AR S TRIPP') SILKS.
BLACK .01IAIR and ALPACAS.
BLACK WOOL BELAIVRS
BLACK HOMO 12 , NHS and OA NTON CLOTH,
ALSXRS CLOTS all SI1.11)LS
CNA:TONS. LAIRS I• STILES.
IVIHOOT
COLOSSI) MOIIAIRS
OuLoRIIII A) PAPAS.
CH aNE DEES., GOODS, hc.
DOLLY YARDENS,
of ever/ Possible description and dotign
SHAWLS ! SHAWLS !
CASHMERE,
THIBET,
BROCTIE and
FANCY and
STEWED BiIAWLS
WHITE GOODS !
Plain and Plaid Naintook", Victoria Lawns,
French Naineo• Ice and Organdie", Piques
and Afarsaillee, Swiss Cambric', s•c.
AIARSAILLES SPREADS,
EMBROIDERIES.
HAMBURG EDGINGS. LACES and IN
.%TRTINGS.
PARASOLS AND UMBRELLAS,
FANS; &C
Cloths and Cassimeres,
Prints, Sheen vs, Checks, Tiekings,
Cottonade , , lientueky Jeans,
Denims. Chambray,
Flannels, &c.
ALSO, ALL KINDS OV
GRO CERIES
WOOL. goiLdongl,.bgrP6o..doKe for wldch
e)ex-
c od
ch. highest tharset price.
Respectfally.
E. g. OOIMER St CO..
Nov. 705 and 707 ilumlitoo Street,
atirl7-lf tv) ALI.ENTOWDI, PA.
TO THE PUBLIC.
REMOVAL.
tiUR NEW STORE.
GUTH_ & KERN,
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS,
WOULD most respectfully call the attention of their
friends.cuatomere. and the public gouerally, to , the font
that they have Jost removed to their newly xad elegantly
Stied ¢p STORK BUILDINO, one door went of their form•
or loottion.and immediately adjoining the Pint National
Bank. being the bonding formerly occupied by Schreiber
Bro. • where they propose to continue e
• DRY GOODS BUSINESS
in all its Teri. branchee. They have the lipoid, boat
and cheapeet /lock of 000D8 ever offered to the public,
embracing everything that the public eau wish. They
would eepecially invite the attention of all, to their doe
assortment of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS.
This department they flatcar themselves to be the best
ever offered to the public of Allentown ■nd •lelnlty, for
style. quality and oheapneoo, good. of the moot approved
pitterno, de., eonslotlny .f
Black and Fancy Sllka. Black and Panay 811 k Poplin.
Black and Paltry Mohair, Mack and Fancy Alpaca..
Black and Colored Btrlped Suiting.. Black Born
baalnes, Black Amarallan Crape. Black Pop.
liar, Bleck' Velveteons, Bilk Velvet, Sat.
In Striped Vernalller Cloth. Satin
Striped Lorne Robe.. Silk Strip.
•
•
ed Mohair. Silk Pillared Sol.
•
taus, Brocade Japan,.
Bilk,. Brocade Pop
lin., Berge Wool .
Plaids
Scotch Wool Plaids. Cord lad Colored Velveteen.. Eng
lish 'and French Chfatrea, Plaid Poplins, Plald
Chintzes. Plaid Nainsooks, BrOche. Thibei, Ile
lona, Saratoga, Vieille, Loot Branch. Ni.
and Watervliet Loot and Square
BFIAW LB, in GREAT VARIETY.
arCA LL •and SEE.
As that are buying strictly for cash. they flatter them•
selves that they • can afar go eat inducements to patio.
er Ming to boy good Goods at reasonable prices.
The* only set the public to tire them a call and exam•
las their at.k, and compare prices and gustily. They
defy 'competition.
Thankful for past favors. they will endeavor to merit •
continuanee,of the patronage of their old castomera, as
well as of all new comers.
HIRAM GUTH)
Jan 2111 m d
Inn ...mem
101rAPSIVIV,
The treat remedy(
to for bola, coVe, and ill Alevines ante
stomach tad bowei. born. U
. ures every Clll.ll.
./SOLD SR IS ail..i •
Ina frith, mentor Fifty Casts.
flagr a leeted eeeee wham
irkt. 11W U., W. YiDAlf,_
O. e.
VOL. XXVI
umsEel mum DER I I
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL!
HOFFMAN 'S
STEAM SAW MILL
LUMBER YARD !
KINDLING!
BILLS CUT TO ORDER
OFFIOE AT THE MILL,
FRONT AND LINDEN STS.
• Winn, AND BLACK OAK RAW LOGS wanted, for
which the highest ',bullet prico will be paid upon deny-
Tr. JUIY 12.1,
NOTICE.
OPPI.III OP THE CITY TRRASITIIIta.
‘I.I,P.NTOWN. 312.1 Th 2.9, 1872.
„ . .
Notice Is hereby Sleet, that' ho, Unptlcato .or .ho collec
tion.( Water Panto for OP engolog year ha been placed
In 'he haude of the nodontigned. I accordance with the
Srevint.e of tholt Pecltna tr an Orthned a regulating the
ietribatlen of wailer m Cm City of A Ilentowthan follows:
” Fite. 3. That all recta for the nee of the scoter othall ho
Payable In advance to dot !trot day of April ti a. niter the
contra t, and r 'tonally In advance Ira. Mot day to the
City Treasurer, to hit. office or hi. pinee of lot and
to all rents remaining nopaid om the:hult day of x.. 1,1 mouth
of April there plod' ho 11.1.10 d 5 par coot., owl to rota rr•
mainlng nun 1 on the !trot tiny of Jou., 1011. ruing there
Ith II he lidded 1 'per cool.. and to 0.1 routs rentatning nn
paid on tbe tient dov ofJuly thereafte• thero shall he added
IN) per neut., which atioto.4 shell be collected with the
said rent, and all dklinquents at that data The Treasu
re/ In forthwith to give t e pornna owning limo pr..tolann
written note of sold ord. (meanie., stating 'ho :mount of
rent, ocludlng the Wean , et per eetlto{l.l hr 0011 pa. lineal
In full to hold date.'and on the fit lure of the deltegoontit
to make too requorod payment witiou ten Oily-lilt, r nu to
thereof. It nhall bit the duty oft o %kat, Committee forth.
with to coon° the feretdes of such deltequent ti be de
la. hod from the tope of m oadnit.•lllid 0140.0 ..111 PI le be In•
'dilated for the recovery of the rest, tool p r ceetago no
due.. an for .1 '•x Incurred to detaching the
ferrule.. order of rho C•onteltioe.
JONATHAN REICHARD, City Treasurer.
rnay2.9wd mat ft ettv
WINDOW SHADES !
and Ilollands, all colors, plain and bardorod. at
SAMZEL G. KERR'S,
63,2 Hamilton Streot,
(Nort door to Until .11 Korn'tt.)
A. R. WITTMAN,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CIVIL ENGIALER
T. B. LEISENRING •
INSURANCE AGENT, FIRE, LIFE, AND LIVE STOCK
WITTMAN & LEISENItINO
Real Estate Agents and Scriveners
70S HAMILTON STREET, (Up-Stain.)
Have
which
among'
upon their boots some very dentrablu propertle
will be sold at low prices and on easy / Ferree
which are the following
142 N. Sle•enth Street. I 210 N. Ninth Street.
321 0 . Fountnin Street. i 4:18 N. Seventh Street.
8 I Hamilton titieet. 110 y. hint h street.
841 I Vile int Loin 1111411 parts of
101 North Tenth Street. the Oily.
449. Fifth Street.
The Moth-Proof Chest Co ',
Of Philadelphia, Pa.
Theorporatrd Aug.. IS7I.
I 8 NOW M ANUF ACTURING 'AIR-TIGHT,
COD• 114•111 ED Corers and Tr 1.,0.nr Venous slay..
PAP. a box go for MeV. II Ott CAPER Ur..
I one and whole Sulte.of every dory Ifni,. 'byre
articles are lull‘• recor.d by letters 0,1001 or the U.
B , and are believed to be unwell the nowt denirahle
of anything now reeking Iho noble favor A INDIA
and nealefr w ant. d Cu loiroaneo them in every towh
in the U. h..tawhom st liberal discouoi will be given,
Addreee, RI". W. FKAACIS, lion'y.
• SI. P. (.. Co.
niar27 Sto dill] CV W.I Ili Kr.. PHI, P..
GAS FIXTURES.
THACKARA, BUCK & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS,
Hayejlast opened nt their wholesale at d retail salesroom
718 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
NEW STYLES OF
GA S FIXTURES,
TO WHICH THEY INVITE THE ATTENTION OF
PURCHASERS.
Their new styles, color and finish are nosUrpasesil
LOW PRICES..
They also 'novae the attention of the nubile to their llos
assortment of lirot,zon. Capt2dandew
JEWETT'S
PALACE EVE!? HWILA TOE !
The Coolest and Mora Perfee
A I'OR evor Conatrue,ed.
ALSO.
SA 1 - 191? Y'S PATE NT COMBINED
Dining Room Water Cooler
AND
REFRIGERATOR
.Vor sale at
ISAAC S. WILLIAMS & CO'S.
ROUSE FURNISHING STORE,
No. 728 Market Nt., Philadelphia
Deecriptive Circuisis sent on aPplice.lo/3.
Established 1804
mayl7•2m dtir]
.HAYES, COULTER & CO.,
(THOR. KERN.
in 0.91.3133 w
Heaters, Ranges, Low Grates,
MARBLEIZED SLATE MANTELS,
No. 13,15 Chestnut ISt.,
PHILADELPHIA
us.sidad for talologne
AND
PATENT
0:=1
Litsc . cessors to W. A. Arnold
I=l
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tri
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doctored, spiced, and sne-teneil to plence the taste, called
"Tonic , '" "APPeliters," " Restore, 3," Le., that lead
the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are a true
Medicine, made front the native root: and herbs of eali
fornia, free front all Alcoho:le. Stimulants. They arc the
Great Illood Purifier and a Life-giving Prinrip:e, a Per.
feet Renovator and Invigorator of the System, carrying
off all pols matter, and estoi . :lls the Wood to a
healthy innott enrichitot it, refreshing and invictiratiog
both Mina and body. They are r.oy of ailintnistraiion,
prompt its their action, cert in their rostilt , ,uio
reliable in all forms of di .e.e.o.
No PertiOln eon take thetie Illttrry croon!.
log to direc;ions, and rennin 1.1115 t i, IWO, laud their
bones arc not destroyed by mineral pokon or other memos
and the vital organs nose I beyond the lep.m.
Driorpoln. or lotll.4eslion. 11,1(1.1rhe. Pain
in the Shoulder:, cough , , Tig!ann :4 of the ( Dirri•
11[6‘, Sour Eructatont,ot the Stonlorlt, Tall, in the
Aloud', Mullis rt nark:, I'n past of the Ile irt, 111 ,
11.1totinatitut of the Lull •, l'alo in the reoiort, of the KA.
nevr, and a lotiolied other 101 : 111 : 11 , synod:cep, are ilie off.
sprin7,o of )yrpepri.l. 111 1 he, complsont: it 1101 no
equal, and one 1.1 1:0 Nvill pro, a hytter •,..,11,12,ttilee of its
nieiits thin lene,tliv akveitkeinent.
For Female Compiniva. to
rigid or siogle, at . the 11.111 11 I d
of lice, %hone TI MM, I:.Ntel, Al 11, 11%1 :lit iiillti.c.,
that a niarl.e.l inuonvenlent • 11l p...epi.'
l'or lullnuutlutory and l kroute ItIo•o—
-loot 1 , 1111 and ' emitt. ‘tt,l:l, 1. 11 , ,
leolittent and Intel/11;1,m V. ni., 1 /..o•res du. I to,
Liver, Kidney, .11111 I:101111er, the:, :::•1 11,
slit. Snobl J., .tr . ..le 10, I 1: '
wh l rit is gener.l.lyponlun,l of the 1)t
-geq.i.ve (hg tog.
'Flat.). are n Gen: Ptiegltl lee well gpi
the ...1 ir r f 3:
1..g.1.1.111.11,11
of - tilt:l.ll,r and Vmitir.ii it. I i.
Irnr Skit. D/sritste4, Ene.e m , „
Rheum, 1:' , .“.11,, Stet:, , ,
Koigils.orlll,, I 1
Itch, SClll'l. l , Co- ,
Lip at the.
do:. t itit. .1
time I,v th, re iof the .0 I: pi:, ill., •. i.t
raceswill convince the 1110, 11:101/11:1111.
effect:.
elloutge the VII Intel lilnod
111111 its unputi, but-torz thlov . ;:t Y.e 1 I : All:I:1,
El - 11101011, 10 SI:0 . 1:C11,11. fi .1 tt
structvil and ,10;p4isl ill the se c
itt • at- • 1, v ' , ,•,1 i•
full; your feelutt;s tda t, I you win:. K I.
pure, and the Ites , th id the •-.),e111 v.. I t., • •,
Grateful 111.111.41111k114 110. ' A
I'l \ II: Itrr.
Tr,: the 11111-1 woutlettul I uci;; , ,lstitt thst v‘cr ,11•1.11111,
the .inking sy . teni.
Pln, u:ol other NVorr
cvstent nt Inv 1 . ..1:Ani1 , . ate r,t, cut,
and reoluved. S ivs a tl..:111 4 .• Ii II pII ItL
is ccatvely ;nth. s, upoo the t e 111 • t stilt utu..o
I iir exempt Item the 1 .ie,•ll, •or vssit, It i
up°n the he tltlivitlenv•nt; nt II.• I I,llv 111.11 mom, y:. ,
but upon the d . ',l 11,V ,•0I that
th,e tinv,,, • I' I 0•. . • rtt
1.11 an h. , t...
..Irtit nut. %%sum I: •• tilel 'on
.31rellmblhal Ptivirtag its
Paints; mist Nlstscitiarit., Nits Is as l' svis'iss
eirs'illtei.ittisit, anti Nisiest. as :Li.; :siva s.. s ,• . lis•
stasisict to 'lit s iti is ss,
this tale it tisste ss 1111,,
lVOC:, as n
11111(mx. It ettastletti,
17'ieverg, which al', I
1. •
great I,e, rhnott,ll , mt the 1 . :. • ..
thn, of Ow 111i...i5:i11., (Ph' • Ni.A. I. 'I
(:onberl.rorl, Ir. rl. .ionAtio, linAtto
12i,oCoratide. A'AbArll.l,
,Loor , , mod maw: other, ~th vA
thr,l4hoot Our LIAO, r SinmolL n
Atlontro, annri reinal!ral. v ot, v.t.tvu.ll
he. dryne , l,ll•
rivn.wgvowsnt i!..• 10..• n, r
strut:Lion: 1111/1, lIVC, aN%I• •P, I a• t• !tala
clozged NVII!I 611111 , 1 .1...11!:01 . ,1 11, 1:41 .11.
Illellt, poggaiva, eNraie;.; a ,lae,a ip..
thew vaame; ea: IS ,y Tili I, 1 ,
111, ier purpo.e e.pt.d, to 10,
.1 IV N1.1Z1,11 . 1i
VINEGAR i:/ rri 1., a: thav • peadi v Clll,l' are
datka , dawil yea d ei.t•ler ...
loaded, .a •.
hver, ahtl gencrAtty I,2,:ttritt . ; t,to ittit, httit. tti the
igest, weatt+.
Scron.lP. 01. Ern, \"!t'te
Ulcer% N, t (;tt.t. 1. ntl ottt.
Intlltnnhttittl, 1nt1.,: rot Intl thlttt t.,
't tt ttl
fectitth:. (t:tl t.4ttrt. , , tt;elt•tt.. tt! tht•
e~c
Wnht,thit's Vt.trt,tt 1:r, IV '110,% „rt.,
Dr. NVnllcer't. Cznlifttrltist ittet.t . te r lii tlerot
act tat all 0w.... ia c,roir.t
Ilic C 1,.. lc -c .m.ic
the cliect: 1e01 , 1,11. rc..!al
the affected pa .t: ...I .1 j` , 1111.11,1/L Lute
is efferted.
The propert I. of I)u.
BiTTEit: ar, palient. hl n
'Play .Iperient 111
Ws; rr. N. a, th •
guard ul .01 m opt
:t,l
hum, a of the taucm. .1
.tut in the nervous m.s:t.
Irmo ill.lm.im. ‘,ll t
Coontr. , .ll.lllL .
I).nrc‘ic
nd
11,11 ' 1.1,; •, ;:, 11,n.
propeLtiv. ‘11.2 1.,
l it , tl.-cll.vg, th... 11,11 • 11... i
tclneri:3l I'lll
VO, r and .1
111 .kt,ll I:
Ipt:L..
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r. , l tt : CI It, c. t:t I:c ,
make 1..,'d of.t i,ien: 11111 s I.l,.‘rrhrd. 'lllO 1.1. ~ ;I
m.l 1..
stoch. C ,
ie ;1,1 the nerve,
rendvred
The Fitllettey of I /n. ,t 4EO VIN 1.1,11 1;11 . -
Tear. 111 Clll./.110 /,',ll/...1.1.
Cl/11 , 11:11, , I. 11,'!“ v.:.,1 .1.1 nn a.: c.
th, ,t,mtach, 1.. t
or tau ct . . y.tem,
of thot...ml:, and looKlred, th.m: .1 I,
in,: lot 112 ..tole
of the rm.,: red
at night from a 11.1 . . t one 011 d 01, 11...111.11 , ..,....1..1111i.
Eat pied ettetisiting lood. .Itc It a, I mutt, 11
'chop, veni,o, 11.4 ,• .11! tale
titter exvrci,.. 'I hey ar, como.. L.wc.y
iogrudtews. and 0 , ,1:11 111111,
j. \VA LEER. PI It• MeDON.I.I.D&
Drop:J:4s and Gen Salt
aerl comer :it , lettgitott .
SOLD lIY AND
AIATTINGS !
Canton, Con ;a, and Can
Mats. Rug , . itiootorks. Cornet-I ntlrl
ov , r y t hwg pettotoot t , to tt well ailtoistod Cu et otute,ut
SAMUEL G. KERR'S
632 Hamill on St..
MEMO
D RS. JORDAN x HAViESON,
Proprietor. of tho
Gallery of Anatomy and Museum of Science,
MO7 CII ESTNUT ST., PH I I,A.
llnvejont publlebed n uow edttloo of their lecturee,con•
tithing must valuable tufornottlou ou rho CA 111 , 1,4, eonne•
quoucen nod trenttnent elioinelie or the iFlitiolllCllVe
eyillatn, With RRX•RICti 'OS bIeRRIAOR and the variant.
onto. of the Lose tat lileolloon,. wit, lull Neut.:U.le rot
ito complete riotorolluo,; Rl.o n .11117 , 1..1 . 00 IN
PICNICS, oat the Iliac OF CORR, boleti the 1101,1 coil
FlLKlllifielVat WORK un thesub3ect oiler yet pub.l.hed—
ootttpritoOn WO pages. blade free to nun admires ft.
Twenty-llva coots.
Address brs.JORDAN & DATIESON
. CONSULTING OFFICE,
1625 Filbert Street, Philadelphia.
21.1 r dlegr
CAUTION.
To families who nse:tho Koroarne or Combination fills
Hems... ull is not safe unless It's from 110 10120 &great
w hich yon can always find tattle troll known Chinn titors
IVAL REIMER
611 HAMILTON STREET,
M=E!
Alan, anything In the CHINA, CLASS or (WRENS
WARE line at the vet) , lowest rate, and alive), the Tort
beat
ENGLISH WARE,
warranted not to graze.
N. B.—ln regard to the Combination nit, which annuls
tell you Is nou•saplosl•n. I hove thoroughly •--ted Nand
I say It Is Explosive dna Mani/mops. I can te.er to five
•iplonlons le uou wren In this Llty where toe Colilbina
lion Oil wan In use,
0a12(4. d
LADIES' HAIR BRAIDS,
I yard bug. v , rl/.( 011
30 inches feng. rerY /0 II
Dingern ltruitlx arrow? the Gad.
thick. without ra/L5 4 00
Long Sl,le Curls, Natural 9 01
Very Loll(/ Curtx. Nat urn/ a no
MEM
GUARAN ME FOl2
REAL _NATURAL lIAIR,
LOUIS BALZER,
mapl.3md.lov7 IVO CHI:Sr:MT ST., P 1111.5
CARPETS.
A large annortrnent tu Bruisele uf the newest u
Slagle nut Double WitWIN .1
SAMUEL G. KERR'S
GAIWET IVIREHOUSh7,
632 Hamilton St.
AU the new color. le Tbreo•Ply, Ingrate, Danteek and
Venetlm Carpet. at
SABIUE.I. 0. wEll'S POPULAR STORE,
G 32 Ilamll.on SI.; Allentown
QAMUEII. A. RUTZ, ATTORNEY Al'
A 7 LAW. °Mee, No. GU Ilatolltoo street, over tiara-
Wen store, ALLLNTOWN PA.w
ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1872.
" New Oiti.m.;:s, •Setoh,r 30th, 18—.
"I write to you, Bator, to say that no option
will be allowed you as to your removal from the
vielnlty of MC and nitric.
" I Caine buck to my native lan', bringing with
me it mesh] of my lost one 101 MY wife,
the resem
A BEAUTIFUL BUT DANOEItoUs nrittolNE. [dance in person and character between the two
M iss (7ranston, a very accomplished woman, att raet hut ale IrreSi.tibly to 1101011.
111 ISM Mille Mliell her In Le ffocage to Merl
kept it female school near Blanton, a otiiet " I
town In New Jersey. This place hod been the stini,7 , terrible foie, leo! I nut here encountered
,wh.oto.l tic Mrs. ishdio,
the
mother
oh .
ono
o r t a li d p r rh c • e s i t: ,., , , v i l i tt , , ,, at . t . 7l ,, , i l Zelina lu her last illness,
the Rival tatters, a. her liimie , on account of .. A n .: my to.or,:ire„::;„ write it!
the [alumni, in °title school. Mrs. Blake leach , "Gn far away—take your daughter.
her dvent in Blanton in the character cif a t'• 1 .ou net Huh in my owe right, toll when she
widow who hail ri emitly lost her hushand, Is old enough to marry, I will give her is suitable
and she brought with her a daughter ten yearn dower. Tlll4 Is all I can, or will do.
of age, named dotter, who Woo 010,11 Wall '. ARMAND LANDIFY."
Miss Cranston as a pupil. " I had nothing to do but obey Armand's
Hester Bloat, was a remarkaille child. Command," continued Mrs. Illalte,•" anti so I
Miss Cranston found her a curious study. cane. hither with you, where we have lived
"It she is not letnnted, all may go well with till now. 'fins Is my history."
lier," thought the old lads ; '' but if she i 4—" cii.kprEit It.
andtii,.. , ,»in., shiik, or the head expressed I
In. ore than words. .
/ A PHYSICIAN IN LOVE: WITH THE DAUGHTER-
Mrs. Blake had fifteen hundred thdlars 11 A FILNIII,II I PLOT.
year, which she anted wits deri red Iran prop There woe residing in the same village with
erty In the South ; but where it was situated, Mrs. Blake and her daughter a physician,
1111‘1 ill what place she had lived before she I twenty-eight or thirly years or age—Dr. Ma•
c. n —.owlet tor Ili it years had been ardently in
:mule her advent in Blanton, was a matter of
conjecture. No amount 01 pumping host been love with the daughter. She had toyed aid
succes+ful in extracting such information from trilled wi Ii hint during all that time ; hut he
e tie r mother or daughter. . had finally ksistufl upon 0 decided answer to
For a few years 1 111. stranger lived almost I his suit, and tin that very evening he was
alone, for her frietiilkas tole, in among them chnhttg. in !earn inn We ' As he. .urPinwhed
hail not inspired Jo r [wielded:A whit mulch the house lie overheard
.the yokes of mother
coati ;once in her antecedents ; , hut as time and daughter engaged in close converation,
went 011, she won 1111011 tllO good opioion oh I sad drawing near to lie window and meanly
tau.,' around her, and at the time Inv store listening, lie had obtained lull possession of
„ 1 „.,, 5 , Mrs. 111,,k,, w oo n 05 .,v,,,i e,,, a guest by the li risible secret of Mrs Bfalte's lily. Molly
the best 'amines ill the village. in love, and utterly unscrupulous, lie at once
People did not trust her, bin they admired ,:elerolhlNl to tuna , ' tiny use whiell 'night he
and pined her ; for M..) . said "AO is LOl , l I v 111-CeSOlry or his newly art - mired advantage to
to look at, and SllO 11;l4 OVlllellt Iv 1,1.11 Il•SIIII.r:I SITIO,. the 1110111 01 Heeler..
tot in the battle of Itht." Al, i. if they had On that very evening 1)r. Macon was en
known how, and under what cheninst owes ght:e Ito lake Ica with Mrs. Blake and her
that toile fuel been wa ,, e•l, 1 ant inclined to oitughter ; toil their old It mselteeper return
hojok 1 1:A , No , oloom , widow ~,,0 1, 1 1 , 1 ,.,. id 'tom tit . village with the intelligence that
!mind few trends or dell:Alders in that strait a shoetting 'unload .:Weident had occurred in
laced neighborhood. the vicinity, and the Doctor had hastened off
The cotta g e occupied by .lies. Illalte stood I . to ilit. as-isiance 01 tile wounded.
',boot a little from the town. It was a COM • On the 0 turn of Dr. .laciiti he called upon
Ittriu le loan •, will it veranda in flow, over 31 is. Blake and surprised her with the infor
which flowering vines were trained, and the notion IMO 10110ag the Ilan. Wits Armand LOC.
large yard that surrounded it wits shaded by I d ry , InhrtatlY blithe , ' ! Ile was aceomPanied
elm trio s. • by los daughter, the hale-sister of 11. suer, and
Sh e w, now th.,.„ nt ity ~....4 itra in g i n ,,..l an „.b. I she had 110e11 stunned by a blow On the In ad.
ter, who scan I in front of a mirror combing They were both lying at a ham-house near
out it mass of Mad: glistenin 2.: It llr. - by, and Mr. Landry', knotting tli it lie must
TI „. ii ,,„,.,. „, the g i r l w „,,„,1,.m.d n r, r file, hail I equested that 'luster should visit
that
.of tier mother; Inert, was the 5 11110 le 0 hint tile next not ning, that lie Might inform
keti ,,,, or out , lie;ow ~.,„„,, s.„„0„,, elastic her of the p colliery provision which he had !
movement ; but, the tares were not alike. , made tor her 1010111111.
SileSlldliellly turned, and litchi s ; her mother, • ,\ nil now was C meowed one of the most
said: . ; fiendish plots evi r devis-d by the human
THE RIVAL SISTERS
. . ..
" I . IIC dull MOLION'IIy Of this pl ice j, - . , , 1), c f m, , Olio I. It was stlizgesteil by Mrs. Blake, and
im; unendurable to ine. I wish LO See ,0111 C• IIC,IIIieS C ,SI 111 by Dr. M con and !tester, that
thin:, of the world—l la'141; a e it, mther." , the I' iii sister, who was still unconscious,
Wit li II Sigh, )[n.l; li;a1:0 aii I : 1 siimild be kept in it slate or imbecility by
'' drugs which the 1 " ( "" st"'ull! 81,1 ""IlY l o re
quiet while I speak of thin, 1 1,, 1 ti h nos t L k.. minister to bar for that purpose, and Ili ster
II mined never 111 reveal to yon." , •Wil4isa TeSClllbiallea lii her Was BO Clone as to
Ile,ter sat down, an I prep ,red In listen to 4lelY delection —should usurp her place as
1 unless of tile flittnense estates entailed upon
what die had So 1011C.' dealr. d to 1•11o1V.
rs. Blake at I.• 11,10.11 ,poke: : lilt' hall . sister thr..ti4ll her mother.
" Yon ask me how it, happened that 1 was ! , The inducement, to 1)r. Macon was Nester's
cast oil ny the Illall 1 adored'? . why h, „., l proinisemn the arc . unplishini nt of the schetne,
permitied to wrmi.4 Mt! S. bitterly as to tiring , I" b""'""u lit"v".
to his Mime another wile while I yet lived I But \viten Hester came to read 'over the let
awl-,uttered ? I tars which lay concealed in the bottom of her
I must gr. MCI: to my early lift, and felt hair-,intirc, trunk slu t haunt among them
pin of myself h I m I became the wile otl several Irian iyniond Df•hiirme, a handsome
Armand I , alldry. My fattier was a dissipated, I y mug man wwnu she rein , innered us her own
!its! 'lover aL the Smith, Whet site was little
Le litteage, as the Landry itl,tutation was I 111511 a Mere mind. Liese letters were
culled. I was his , unit child. I mute+ educated i written in ii mist humme d strain, and
in a g.invelit school in France, till I was tear- i showed !pat between bin) and his Fair eorre
ly cll.:111(1 - n years old. l'hen my ;tuna tool: mute I sianideni —Estelle Landry, Nester's nbw
kome, haring already arranged a marriage lir ,trick, n nail•sisLer--11 marriage engagement
inc. I wai. tout ettnaulted, out I did Ina rub l existed.
. .
against it, tor Claude Ileltot was young and No sooner had Hester discovered this fact
good inciting, told I preferred ren n utnin to than tilt old love lot DeLorme was rekindled,
France as his wife, to returning to the dull. 111111 Silt; at once to IliaVO him also, us
ness of plantation well as Estelle's' flirtune, let whatever oh
" My I !her gave 1111, twenty th o usand francs r stacks might be in the way. lie was now alt
as my dower, and llultot expected to get HMCO i ill Europe, to remain a year or two, and
more from hon. I. think that • proliect• in. 1 Iter ptupose must be carefully concealed from
ductal him to marry m e , i o r 1 shun 111111111 that : Dr. Macon ; but, come what would, the you g
lie was IN iudilfurcut to hie as I to 111111. UM!) should .yet he hers !
Mts. housekeeper, Mrs. Muller, a
German woman with an American education,
was a ~;reitt gossip, and a cunning, selfish.
evil minded woman. Hester, at her mother's
suzgestion, had turned the key on the outside
of Mrs. MuPer's sleeping room, while the'r
Internal plot had been planned ; but the sits-
Melons woman happened to be awake, and
s .e [hid risen and emerging through 'a window
arclped around where she could listen to all
they said. she too, now, me du to have her
profit nut of the scheme, the secret of which
she had attained unknown to them.
OA the tollow ing day Mr. Landry felt his
end rapidly appriiatming. lie had tiubldd n
peremptorily that Mrs. 131ake should be admit
ted to Ids pidsence ; but nrs. Blake had deter
mined to Siu! Lli•Illre he died. lie was
very anxious pr a con lessor; and was finally
told that altiniugii tiiere was no priest aettessi
.l)l,, a Sister of Charity might be obtained.
ilS,lllrallee rled 11i111 gr at retie:, and
lie desired that nu time might be lost in send
tug fur her.
Mrs. Blake determined to improve this op.
par tunny to sue it im, without his recogn 'z
ing le r, dud to visit Ilium iu the disguise of a
.Sister.
it was arranged that after ni.:ht, when the
imun was thinly lighted by a single candle,
slim. w.itild go in add listen to slice conlesiimis
a: he w 'stud! to idalid. In them, it he spoke
li..r tenderly, compassionately, she would
forego the dire vengetie. she had Maimed to
Millet on hint Wllell lie lay helpless before
hl r, bre a thing his soul away in doubt and
dread lit what the Mture tile might bring to
It lie judged her hardly and cruelly at
On my side, and something It, overdo!)nu
his. IYe had evidently mode a nr.-iched ni;A
1:110., and Wu were glad to separate by blutitul
co sent. 1 returned to Lothsiono, and 11eRot
-went to Algeria.
" When I came bas k to my early home 1
found my fe:ner living 114 reeklei.sly as ever.
Among the youol . men who edam to his
house WilS Armand Landry. Ile Wzti IWi,
years VOIIIIgIT 111111 I, bur Its 11,1t1 111 , a C. , 111-
plvted his twentieth year when I first art
hull. 1k SUOII 1 . 01 . 9 , h1: 1110 table t.
Wlltt
illi
never tried to win. I loved hint to titat do
gnat that 1 thottLtht lire would he worthless
unless it tics share(' a'ilh him.
" Armand seem ~1 devoted to me, Imt he
never asked mt. to marry hint. 11 . knew that
his proud old !attar tvoithl look with scorn on
the daughter of such a man IS my tallier was.
" .11y hither swore that Arm phi smnultl yet
be my husband, and for that. purpose he oh.
tattled a ttivoree tor are trout Itelt.d. 1 wa,
so in lantana] that 1 'eared la‘le by what
111C1111,4 Al'lll , lllll.WitS to Ili. 1•11SII,L11,1,
I Ih'etlllt• Ills Wife. I entered itit 't his plaits,
slentieltil its they were, null allowed myself to
be withal In a matt tylpi Itiel been hired ng:tin
to t ole Itott , w, and tvlten theapattle id s tICIIIM
thr himself, was pr.mounetal my lonthand by
missimiary %elm had been so Aida a time In
the country that he knew nothing or the
wrong he ,tats lodpitm to carry inlo elr et. Ile
was I/1'11114h! In the inmse a tow 111 , 11111'1115 he.
rme the ceremony tell-, pelltll Med, anti It it
iltinnallittlelymrterward.
"A to had been ennAen when the eld,•r
I.andry wns ansent frnin hinny. I helteve,l
that \rnnuid 1.0vt.,1 our as I nr,y as I it iti 111111.
It Wll, , betor• hn n•cwered
all the natural enerzy of ha mind, and I b, -
gap once to fear Ihnl hr ‘voill.l lie peri.oleilt
ly blitiroqi by the drag I hid perniiittql to be
11‘1111;111,1 , 1'01 (II 111111. lila tt1•• lime elm.
when he In ly uoh•rstod the position in
which he wit p'aeed, and
as passed betwet.n it I cannot ileserioe. Ile
li,•rc. ly raseah•d toe part I laid taken in i.n
hipping bier ilium a arrrrht•St twd . would he
odious pr. al 1 litlier; and d, nerd that
I=
" Vainly I tried all my pow, rA of tascina
lion to enthrall him, and win forgiveness from
him.
" soon as he wit; well ijmugh to leave
the house. he Wert .dl in semen of his fttier.
lit spite of all I could do to detain him. His
father institeiteelprocecoins for it divorce,
eater ' , violin!! Armand to Europe to :mike it
tour. in company wills .11r. Ititeisell and his
two e1ein.....10..r5.
.4 tCIi is I h .arel that I wns devoured. wire
jealousy ; for liliinor %%iv+ ilte.
lady two hod by Mr. re endry her
Isis son's wife. and report said that she sits
both rich and I niterward lenreeed
he {Van betrothed to Miss Itit,sell.
" N heti this lautut.itittl, put were but a few
weeks ultl, and I was left with you to take
care or, anti little enougth to 110 it with.
4lt ! how I hated that lair beauty who
had caused me so much woe ! Nlato, at niald,
alter you were asleep, have I s , olen front my
cotta,!..,and made my way to the Stately home
in which that wonlan dwelt, surrounded by
loving care that of rizlit belmze.l to me.
Coney.'led in the shrubbery, I have
to lit voice speaking to her In ace. nts of
deeper Wilderness than he had ever ns 'd to
and I Vowoo within my sold that I would
find means to blight the happiness they seemed
to find In each other. They were marrivd.
" My hate culminated wash a daughter was
horn who mot dvslitled to till the place in
latliveS liOnse of which you had been
defrauded.
WM. H&111 SF.
" Your half.t‘ister. is two years younger than
you,and in your childhood yOu were so much
alike that but ter the ddl;•reiire in size pin
unigGt have it , en taken for twins.
Armand's Joy in Ins note treasure wits S xro
honed to sadness, tor the health it Its tt ale
begin to lid. She laded slowly away with a
mysteriou's disease. Everything was tried
that promised roher, hut the spell ~r nn evil
eye tins upon her, and there was nu help for
her.
MEI
"The doctors said It wax the climate that
did n4O suit her. hut I knew hatter than that.
"She was taken away hir change of air,bot
%Amu, the NVOIIIIIII that Went With her 'HS
muse, was one of the slants that had helong•
ed to my father, and WllO Ili'Vpleki 10 nu'.
"Mrs. Landry lingered for many months,
but she at. died, when you were five yen no
old.
"The years pa4sed on, and Armand was
tray , hing in Europe, rarely writing home,
and Doer sending me a line.
"You were ten years old «•lien he came
hack. Z •Ima waa dead, and I felt safe now
that the only one who could license me of in
stigating the death ut Russell was
gone.
"But all my hopes were fearfully ditched to
the earth ; for he brought with him a young
wife, a cousin of Ellinor's, and also a n heir.
ess. They stopp din New Orleans, and
from there Armand wrote to me the follow
ing lines:
CHAPTER I
CO, :L dcat 1111 , 1 MiU1111) servant
girl w lln IiIIIII,II.USV, was safely ai,leep, Mrs.
Blake made Snell alteration in her dress us
neeess.,ry. A. white hantlkerchiet was
erua II lOW dll,ll on her Mrehead, and bilded
over her lace in such a manner us to conceal
the greater minion of it, am! Macon ' s' black
silk cravat win smoothed nut and tied over
that, in tine lortn ail the hoods worn by Catho•
I , e 111ths , when walking abroad. Sim then en.
ter..d the leeloy I Oiled room, and sat down
ill ihi-chair %%hiell Hester re,igaud at her up
Drench. At Me mov.2ment. the thing man
nucl..sed his eyes, and in a land voice, saki:
'• gond you were to come to me in this
extremity. This young girl
.lias explained to
me that you consented to do so lISSOOII us you
heard that a foot tit Mother Church needed
your help ;" but some subtle power must have
CIIIIVe\ ell ul id e the ktlOWlellge . OM
i some
thing inimical had approached hini f for he slid•
denly seemed to struggle Willi Bottle deadly
opprcssam, and si..l: ing hack, he murmured :
••'l'uo hoe ! I tear that I shall die before I
can say what I wished. I must confess—must
have absolution, for I -have sinned. But I
have sell red—how bitter a cup I have dra nett
in idiot. 111(•111 of the one act of my lilt which
hr i im;ht unhappiness '0 one it Ito thought she
hail the mitt to avenge berselt upoti me."
In a voice sctucely above a whisper, Mrs.
Blake said :
•• My son, forgive as you hope to be for
given, and all will be well with you." .
Ah ! that is what I cannot do; for there is
one sin and one clutter that I have not forglv
en. lint for that 1 could die in peace."
•• 11 as the wrong against you no unmerited,
that you feel thus bitterly ?"
•• Unmerited I Yen; I assert that, and I be
lieve it. She who committed it was one
did not love, though I was tricked into a tour
rings with her."
In a faltering voice Mrs. Illalce said:
•• You'llid not love her ! Are you quite
sure of that ?
Landry was too deeply absorbed In his own
theaglos to nolice the menacing tone that
thrilled through the muffled voice of the
malther.
'• No I never loved her."
" 18 it just to I y all the blame upon the wo.
man who neked so much to gain a legal claim
upon you? To those who have loved truly,
much should be forgiven; and she, you say,
loved you."
" I gave her all that she had a right to claim
at ply hands—Mid had she so willed it, would
have sent her limn llle as free, from reproach
as in the hour of our flint unf.atunate meet
ing. lint she would not go. I was very
young. I loved the child she gave me, and
th roach her the m o ther hoped, if I were Tree
aga n, to win me back, and —and— I cannot
LI: )(in what she dill in return for the for-
Mai aim • I had shown toward her. It is lor
secret, iind I will not reveal it even in this
but it' ib that which I Mow find it im
possible to lorgi ye. If you can give me abso
lution, knowieg that, I will accept it gladly at
our hands, althougleyou are not one of the
aucredicted m ukters of our lloly Church."
The heart of Mrs. Blake hardened us she
the cued. Shp felt the blood surging through
her veins with fiery swiftness, and all the
passion of her ironical nutuf c burst forth.
She tore the•shrouding folds from her head
ao and stark d to her lea, standing
over him as a menacing fate, as she mecking•
ly said:
"Such consolation as I can give, you arc
welcome to, Arm: nd Landry, WM Cher it
will facilitate your entrance to the Paradhie In
which your lost Elinor dwells, or into the
Haden in which ishull hereafter claim you, I
leave you to imagine. Lcok at the woman
you east off so lightly—the woman who he
lieved that you loved her—and cower before
her glance as you soon will'shrink before that
or the Omnipotent Being who will judge be.
tween us."
" Yon—you here !" he exclaimed, In a loud
harsh voice. " How dare you apprcach me ?
How dare you profane the sacred character
you have assumed for the purpose of intrud.
tug upon a presence that was forbidden you ?
11a2ar Blake you have been the curse of my
lite, and in death you persecut t me still. Go. ,
I command you to leave this loom impointed
by the presence of a murderess."
lingar's i,ling e s y tid es : blazed back defiance, and she
unt
You are In no position notn to enforce your
will. You are In my power. not lin yours,
and I intend to pay you hack drop for droy,
for all the bitterness 3 oulbive poured into my
cup and forced me to drink."
The features, of Landry were blanched to
dhe hue of death, and his black eyes gleamed
fiercely from their pallid setting, as he hoarse
ly asked:
"ILy whose' connivance were you permitted
to enter here y If Hester or her betrothed
hostfand aided you, it will be the worse for
them, for In that case I will give her nothing.
The paper I caused her to write this morning
will Ifs valbeless unless it is signed and wit.
nessed, and now I will do neither."
"Oh, you threaten - me with consequences,
do you ?" she mockingly asked; hut let me
assure you thst it is a matter of indifference
to me, and also to my daughter, whether that.
paper is valueless or not. We have settled
our plans, and rave against them as you may,
von will be powerless to prevent them from
being carried intrueffect. Hester will not ac
cept. the paltry provision you have IM magani
['musty -made tor her; she will claim what is
hers. in justice at least—the half Of the estate
which is now held by yonr other children."
tt Woman ! what do you mean by that ? Ab 1
my God ! have I fallen Into a den of thieves ?
Is there no one to help me ?"
Ills voice broke suddenly, and he fell, back
upon his pillows gasping tor breath.
Noose !" repeated Mrs Blake, with stern
emphasis. You are in this solitary country
house, entirely at my mercy, and that of those
Who are willing to do all that I wish. The
darling daughter on whom you have lactated
so much indulgence lies stricken into idiocy
by the injuries her head has received. She
will never more walk the earth in pride, look
ing down in scorn upon the sister whom you
have bequeathed to her compassion. In place
of that I have decreed, that the two shall
change places, and the child'of your adored
Elinor shill stay with me, while my daughter
assumes the station of the heiress, and wears
the honors of her Mther's house. The two
sisters are so much alike that no one will ever
be able to distinguish the true one from her
counterfeit."
The, listener felt that the shock of this an
nouncement had shortened his brief span of
life ; he knew that the death clutch was al
ready on his vita's; but he rallied his last re•
main ing strength, and said, with solemn em
phasis :
"If you consummate this wickedness, I
leave to you, and to the Imposter who will
take the place of my darling, my undying
malediction. God is over all, and he will not
permit such villainy to go unpunished, even In
this world."
Mrs. Blake unclosed her lips to reply, but
Landry nisei his hand appealingly, it change
pasied over his sunken face, and with a prayer
on his lips in behalf of his favorite child he
p li+Pd away.
Hester arrayed herself in a black dress which
she found in Estelle's trunk, and assuming the
name and character alter haltsister,prepared,
on the following day, to accompany the re.
mains of her holier to New Orleans, for burial,
in company with Herbert Spencer, a young
man front Boston, a cousin of Raymond Dc
Lorine's, who had been sent on by the family
relations for that purpose. What happened
there, and indeed the whole of the thrilling
story of the rival half-sisters, Hester and E 3
tulle, will be found in the New York Ledger,
which is now ready and can be had at all the
book.steres and news depots. Ask for the
number dated .Tune 22. and in it you will get
the continuation of the story from where It
leaves oil here.
Aunt Polly
gl Q ar u . hnby's Bar-
Oh my, but didn't the wind blow f When I
went around the house that night, locking
doors and windows before going to bed, there
was just a breath of a breeze singing about—
nothing more; but by the time I had fairly
plumped upon the pillow, the gale was going
it like mad. When I first Caine to this west
ern country. I used to be surprised at the quick
uncerimonious way storms bad of coming
upon people—half the time it seemed to me
out of a clear, innocent-looking sky.
In my old home I prided myself upon read
ing the signs of skies; but here, goodness me,
when I thought it would snow, it was sure to
ruin, and when I could have taken a solemn
oath that the clouds were going to pour, why,
Whisk they'd go, an' the sun would shine out
as though It was in high glee-st having fooled
me. So I gave up being a mather.prophet,
and took it just as it came.
That night everything out of doors seemed
to be in commotion. The leosh shingles on
the house clattered up and down, the win
dows shook, the blinds rattled, and half the
titan it seemed to ins that the bed on which I
lay would be blown through the side of the
house. I know I'm a foolish old woman, but
at the thought I couldn't help setting my ruf
fled nightcap stiaight, and smoothing back
my huh., because if 1 should go, why, there
was Deacon Alhee's house right opposite, nod
—but Lord bless me what am I saying
Well, naturally, I was lonesome 'enough,
without child or chick to speak to, but I did
very will until I somehow got it into toy head
that burglars always choose such nights to do
their mkchief In. After that I started at
every sotind, and as there were thumps and
clatters on all sides, and in every direction,
it isn't to be supposed that I got much rest.
I didn't stop to reason that there wris very
little in my poor little house to tempt evil-do
ers. I knew I had forty dollars and eighty
cents laid away in my poor departed Jason's
old wooden chest, and I felt to lose that would
be a terrible thing to me.
The house was a cottage, with a hall run
ning the length of the two rooms—an "L"
being built beyond. lily room was at the'
back, opening Into the hall and the front
room adjoining. So my eyes went first from
one door to another, lingering I must say
with more dread upou the one leading Into
the hall. • a
"If I should' be robbed of that forty dollars
and eighty cents—" said Ito myself. Just
then a blind went whack, and springing up in
bed, 1 began to say the prayer my mother
taught me—" Now I lay me down to sleep,"
though I'm sure it looked a great deal more
as though I was sitting up to sleep than lying
down.
"What nn old fool you arc, Polly Quimby!"
I below to say, aloud, trying to get up my
courage by the sound of my own voice.
At that moment I was sure I heard a step in
the little hall, and before'l had time to move
from my place. the doorintch lifted, the door
swung back, and there he stood, the very ob•
jest that I had been dreading, Mr. Burglar
n int self.
"Good evening, ma'am," he said, In such a
way that I found m 3 ,801113 the motion of bow
ing hack, and saying good evening, too.
fie was a middle•aged man, with mustache
and whiskers, and the brightest eyes that I
.ever saw in a person's head. The hairon his
temples was quite gray. All in all he looked
like a respectable Christian gentleman, and
not a iniduliiWthief.
" Quite a windy evening, ma'am," he went
on, as he stepped into the room. "You must
be lonely here by yourself."
Somehow, this touched my temper. I for.
got who was speaking, and answered back as
tart as could be:
" I pref. r to choose my company, sir I"
lie laughed, and f.hrugged up bib shoulder.
" You do Indeed ISodo I. In this case I
have my preference—not you."
Then he sat down leisurely in my rocking.
chair, and stretched nut his feet, as though pc
Intended to stop awhile.
ill you be so kind, sir, as to go about
your business ? What do you think of your
self, sir, to be Intruding upon the privacy of
my rooms at this hour of the night, sir?'
lie leaned his head back upon my bright
worsted tidy, scrl laughed fit to kill him self.
"No harm is Intended you, my charming
woman," he said: "I swear it—no harm is
intended youl" •
• And saying this, he laughed louder and
longer than ever.
"Do you come Into my house to mnke
game of me before my cry eyes r' I asked,
my temper pretty much stirred up. "If you
were a gentleman, str—" ,
This was ton much for him.
" A gentleman ? Oh, aw—that's too good?
If I professed to be a gentleman, you'd stand
a good chance of getting your throat cut With•
nut on much as by your leave, ma'am,' to
begin N., ith I A gentleman ? With all my
faults, thank heaven, that is not among them?"
" You needn't have gone on that way to
prove it." I said tartly.
"Well, you are a sharp old damsel, aren't
you !" turning his big eyes upon me, and
twisting up his mouth In acomical way, which
I shall never forget. "I swear, you'd he pretty
good looking, if you didn't wear such a wale
ruffle on your nightcap. dolly, isn't it a lunker
—big enough for a graveyard fence."
"Sir !" I said, looking very savage.
" Ma'um he answered,imitating my voice
and tone to perfection.
"Oh, if I were only out of this hel, sir !" I
began.
" And pray, madame, what is there to
hinder you from geolog out, I'd like to know?"
" Do you intend to insult me, you good.for
nothing creature ? Oh, if the wind only would
blow you away."
" If one goes, the other is sore to go, too," j
he said stolidly.
"If brother Joe would only waken," I said
He cocked his eye knowingly.
" You want to make me believe that he is
in this house somewhere, eh ? Mydear mad
ame, you are as transparent as air. Had he
been under this root,you would have screamed
blue murder long before Oils time."
"Oh, oh, you varmint !" I groaned in pure
agony of spirit. " Wits! do you wart?"
"Weil, ma'am, since that is a fair, honest
question, I 7111 attempt to answer It. To
begin with, my financial affairs are in a coin
plicated condition. Money, I have but little
of—credit, none ; so I ant forced to levy a
trilling tax upon my friends in this and other
neighborhoods, to extricate me from my die
•astrous condition. As 'soon as I collect a
certain amount I intend leaving this country
or France or Italy, never, perhaps, to return.
Do not shed hairs at this, dear madame, for
wherever my footsteps tend, your image—ruf
fled nightcap and all—will- remain for ever
imprinted upon my heart."
"Yon old goose I" I said.
"Please do not interrupt me, madame ; I
have but a few moments longer to stay, and I
must to business at once. I have learned
that you hove deposited In a trunk in an ad
Joining closet forty dollats and i-igloy ciente.
The forty dollars I would Hie to borrow
ul
you for an intl finite length of t que. The
eighty cents Ido nut car: anything Maud.
You can retain that, an a trilling evidence of
my generosity in this great emergency 01 my
"You are a robber, a thief, then !" I said,
spit efu lly.
"Either, at your si.rvice, madame," rising
and makinr a bow t!,r all the world like a
French dancing -master. "Now, the money,
if you please."
He wasn't joking now. Th , :re. was a deter.
mined look in his eyes and about his mouth.
"He that glveth to the poor lendeth to the
Lord," he said, speaking just like a preach
er,
"And he that steals from the poor, what of
him P
"Ale Bible does not dispose of It is case es
pecially, madame."
"And you came here to rob me—me, a poor
woman ?"
"I came to borrow of you, for nu uncertain
length of time."
I saw it was useless to waste words with
him, besides, I didn't altogether like the look
in his eyes. I closed my lips tightly together,
r. solving that I would not speak again.
"If you've no objection, ma'am, I'll look
around a bit," he said, taking up the lamp
as he spoke. `ill' I hear any noise from you
my dear, or If I see in any way you are be.
coming nervous,.l shall be obliged to 'quiet
you by the use of-"
He held up a small vial.
"Chloroform I" I gasped.
"At your service, madame."
"It would be the death of me," I moaned.
"I should he sorry to bring such a loss to
the world, but, believe me, all that rests in
your own hands. This door leads into the
closet where the trunk is, I believe," he said,
making straight for the closet where my forty
dollars were put away for safekeeping.
I didn't say a word. To tell the truth, the
chloroform had scared me nearly out of my
wits. lie turned the key In the door (I had
always kept it locked), and glanced into the
clr sit. It was large, and the trunk was at
the further end of it. Let me say here that
this closet or storeroom was In the "L" part
of the house, fully a foot lower than my room,
Mr. Burglar was not acquainted with this
fact. Glancing toward me with his sharp
eyes, to see ,if I was (inlet, he took n step for
ward and went 'Trim li„g upon all•loura. I
don't know to this day bow he managed to
sat c the lamp es he did, bui it was not broken
in the fall, and burned as brightly as ever.
My wits came to the here. I sprang as light•
ly as a cat out of tied, and betere he could
get upon his feet, I had the door of the closet
shut and locked upon hint. He grew lamb
like in a moment.
"You've done it now, haven't you, my
charming crea'ure ? I swear Um iu love with
you from thin hour to the end of time. You've
got me tight nod fast. What's the use of
money now? I'li•take the eighiy cents, and
you may have the forty dollars, if you will
let me out."
"No, sir; lam going to call the neigh.
boas." I said, resolutely.
"Going with that nightcap on ?
make your fortune. But don't hurry, that's
a dear. Let's have a little friendly talk. sae,
I'll give you a hundred dollars if you'll let me
out."
" Yea, and leave you free to scare some] ther
woman nearly to death—no, sir I"
" Well. then, I'll give you two hundred."
MEE
" Name your price then, dear girl. I sup•
pose every woman has her price—they say
every man has."
" Nu ; it wouldn't bo right," I said, hesitat•
ingly.
I heard him chuckle:
"First step toward It ; she begins to talk of
what is right."
I thought of my poor girl out to work by.the
week, and so anxious to get an education, and
I'm sure it isn't to be wooder..d at It I did be
gin to thirik or setting a price. But I said not
a word.
" Look hero I I'll put five hundred dollars
in good sound gold under the door, and you
call count it us I push It through piece by piece,
if you'll only let me out of this cursed hole. I
am smothering."
" 'fry some chloroform." I whispered
through the keyhole.
"Curse the chloroform I Will you let me
out ?"
I had a light by this time, and had slipped
Into a calico wrapper and my slippers.
If I got the money, how could 1 let him
out of the closet ?" I wondered. " I shouldn't
dare to meet him ; 11...'d rob me again, and
perhaps murder me." But I said, " take
tile gold," resolving that I would try to get
out of it someway, just for the sake of poor
Rebecca, who so much wanted to go to school.
" Your heart is iu the right place," he said,
and the next moment a big round gold piece
came through the wide crack under the door.
" I couldn't withhold an exclamation 'of de•
light."
" It's right enough now, isn't it ?" he sneer.
ed. " There's nothing like gilding over our
sins a little. Bah I all the world's alike I
Here goes another, and another, and another.
Count fast, my p ous damsel. I dare ts...y
there's no confessional in your Church,"
" Islhere In yours ?"
" Well, if there was,gold gets Into that some.
times, they say. Hold fast there ; lou've got
the last clinker ; now set too
" Wait a minute."
" But I won't wait. I swear I won't."
" Can you hop yourself ?"
" Well, no; not much ; but I'm smothering
in here. Can't you take pity on a poor tel.
low ?"
Sit down flat on the Door," I said.
I beard him plump down as obedient as a
schoolboy.
" What next ?"
I turned to the kitchen door to see if the lock
was all right. Then I turned the key with a
sharp click, which sounded to me like the re
port of a pistol,
" There I" I cried, and sprang into the kitcit-•
en,' locking the door behind me.
. Ile came out of We prison swearing like a
trooper.
"Sharp old Satan, she's locked herself up
somewhere,", trying the kitchen door as he
spoke. " Good night, Madame Do'il—good
night I You've got the beet Willie. You have
robbed me. foot night—get down and say
your prayers."
' Anti I did. What is more, I cried like a
baby over my money, thinking what it would
bring to us.
I never saw tile strange burglar ugam, and
In a few weeks Rebecca was comfortably es
tablisbed at school. No one everknew where
the money came from. An uncle died about
that time,
and some of my neighbors shrewdly
suspected that he bad left us something ;
I bed nothing to ray upon the etadeet.
ROBERT TR EDT4ILL, JR
Vain anb ffaucri 3ob yrintrr;
No. 608 HAMILTON STREET,
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NO. 25
About six months after my adventure,hroth
or Joe came to me one day, and said that he
had been stopped in the street by a strange
man that morning, and that he had begged
him to say to Madame Quimby that the /HI
of her night-cap was just a little too wide.
saying., he passed on. " What did it mean ?"
Joe asked.
"Nothing, only that ho Wan crazy," I an•
swered, quickly ; but my face wan us red ns a
blaze.
311M1110T11 . SIllidgit - Y.
TunnNlfnp« Lire Flephant trill. Red lint Cense
Bang—The OM Irarrior .71emea « 17rt Du to
lieleatille Surgery.
Fran) the Ch
The most colossal surgical operation ever
performed up , n a living creature was wit
nessed by a select few in this city on yester
day morning. Everything about the affair was
on the most stupendous scale, as the subject
himself is the largest bitof flesh and bones now
in this country. Of course, this means the ele
phant Romeo, now performing iu this city.
Romeo is getting old ; his flesh is slow to
heal ; and a lack of knowledge how to treat
elephant sores, coupled with many tra'sapplied
remedies soon placed the old hero in a sad
plight. The wounds festered, inflammation
Increased, bad became worse, until now hia
legs resemble the catacombs of Berne, being
mere receptacles of corruption. When the
menagerie reached the city, It became pain.
fully evident that Romeo could nut well . go
any further unless some relief was afforded,
and as Chicago is lemons for the quality Just
now, It was determined to take advantage of
the respite afforded from travel during a nearly
two weeks' stay, and place the great hulk on
the stoca.
. After n full hour spent in slashing, gouging
and scrieping, dining which the poor beast
was rid of fineen or twenty pounds of putrified
matter and flesh, and a pound or two of bone
the surgeon concluded that sufficient for day
might be the evil thereof, and desisted from
that pelt of the opermion, to enter upon an
other ten-fold more painful anti harrowing.
While these excavations had been progress
ing, men were busy at the furnace heating
huge soldering irons, several Inches in diame
ter, to a white heat. These were now brought
into requisition to remove the proud flesh.
When Dr. Withers approached the animal
w ith the firstglowing iron a shiver ran through
his frame, and he Was disposed to resent any
Inviter aggression, but being convinced by the
'Hinted arguments of his keeper that it was all
for his goo I, he issued another large thunder,
which was echoed from every cige, and
straikittened Ilis trunk, and braced himsell for
Nether martyrdom.
The red hot iron was now run into tunnel
No. 1 the length Without a foot, and a hissing
sound, followed by dense volumes of fumes
nod an intolerable stench, Issued from the
opening. The poor brute shook like an aspen,
made a slight elfort or two at resistance, but
soon settled into quietness again. Ameliar
red hot iron was introduced, again there was
a quiver of the whole frame, but this time he
only drew up his back and changed his posi•
lion a trifle.
The blood now began to flow from the ca.
.verns to copious supply, a sight that made all
the animals of the cat species desperate, and
lions, tigers,leopards, hycnas.pantbers,w•olves
and others of the innummable horde whose
cages formed a c4cle about the martyr, joined
in low growls, which were intensified to roars
and shrieks as the fumes oh the burning flesh
tilled their nostrils.
When the din and noise were somewhat
quieted, the operation was proceeded with,and
during the two following Incurs above thirty
red but irons were thrust into the poor brute's
carcass. When the surgeons finally desisted
it was not because they believed their task
completed, but because the caverns had as
sumed such dimensions that the two inch
irons proved too small to be further 'effective.
Besides Romeo was evidently weakeninA and
getting a little " groggy" from loss • of
blood.
The openings were then thoroughly wnsbe 1
with lotions, and afterwards carefully bound
up.
The old fellow has always displayed astrong
predeliction liar candy and other sweet things.
Alter the operation, a nice,big st.ck was prof
fered to him, but he refused it with a solemn
shake of his head.
When the animal's naturally vicious tem
per Is hiked into consideration, his noble lac•
havior during the painful operations can only
be accounted for on the hypothesis that, wilt.
an elephant's proverbial sa . gacity and line in
stinct he was convinced that it would redound
to his good. Otherwise he would have strewn
his tormentors about like "the leaves on the
strand," and might, controlled by a.pioua in
spiration, have knelt on one or two.
The gentlemen who operat A upon him ex
press strong hopes for hid recovery.
(Romeo subsequently diva from the effects
of his Ali ease and its treatment.)
The body has been donated by Mr. Fore
paugh to the Chicago Medical College, where
the mounted skeleton and stuffed skin will be
placed in the anatomical museum. 'Scarcely
had " Romeo" breathed his last, when Mr.
rorepaugh, with characteristic energy, sent a
telegram to his agent in New York, authori
zing him to draw upon Jay Cooke 4: Co. to
the amount of $30,000, and directing him to
proceed at linen by the first steamer to London
and purchar the wild and ferocious elephant
caged In the British Zoological gardens, pre
lerri ng an untamed specimen, IA muse, as he
queerly' expresses, he will be " less stupid and
more ambitious" than one which has been
St.:roughly subdued.
TICKET MIEN rs.
Rolling Tickets in rinintion of II .V.itnte
From the Phhudo. Poet of the 10th
lu the'Quarter Sri-sloes on Sat urday,before
Judge Pierce, M. D. Whitesides was put on
trial, charged with selling a Pennsylvania
Railroad ticket in violation of a statute. Thu
case In question seta forth that any person
having purchased a ticket from the railroad
company, and not desiring t• 1 eve . it to its full
extent, may apply to the company for rede v np•
tion, and then enacts that if any person, not
being an authorized agent for the company,
shall still any ticket flu' travel on that rimil,he
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
punished. The purpose of the net was said to
be the prevention of frauds upon travelers.
The evidence In this case wan that the defend
ant, described as a citizen of Ohio, 011510 to the
city a few days bi.fore the convention met and
started the business of buying anti selling ex•
curston tickets that the delegates It Mild nut
wish to use.
John E. Dodd, traveling agent for several
railroad and steamboat companies, learning of
the enterprise, went to the place where defend
ant wan located 110,1 saw him buying and sel
ling. tickets. A clerk of the Pennsylvania
Railroad also went to him nail purchased a
ticket to Pittsburg for $7, the fare being $lO.
It was a genuine ticket, nothing fraudulent
about 't, aid the purchaser did not buy it for
the purpose Ol travel.
L. C. Cassidy argued to the court that, as
no fraud was committed here, Mete should be
no conviction of a crime, uud he did not un
derstand the law to mean that a person having
bought for lull price a ticket of this company,
and not desiring to use It, could not sell it to
whom and for what price he pleased, but must
apply to the agents of the company.
But the court charged that, for the purpose
of this trial, the offense had been saillciently
made out. The quesvous of law he would
reserve to be determined upon a motion in
arrest o . f judgment. A verdict or guilty was
rendeted,•and a motion for a new trial and an
arrest of judgment was made.
IN no quartet Is the nomination of Senator
Wilson more heartily Indorsed than Indiana,
Mr. Colfax's own State. There is a heartiness
in the support which the Repuh!lean press of
that State give to the nomination which leaves
no room for doubt. 'the Fort Wayne Gazette
declares that it Is a stronger nomination in
Indiana than that Of Colfax would have been.
It is to be remarked that Mr. Coliax had been
understood to decline to he a candidate and
that Senator Wilson's caudidney wag 'hermit
of the assurance which his competitor gave him
some time ago that he would not be a candi
date. It is known. moreover, that Mr. Colfax
personally urged Senator Wilson to come out
and pledged his influence for him. In Indi
ana this seems to be well understood, and the
nomination of Wilson is conunent,d on ac•
cordingly and Is perfectly satisfactory.
Trim Hartford Courant tells the following:
" k worthy man in a neighboring town, who
labors under the tutemphonious, name of Pigg
—uneth honiore, yi t highly appropriate to
any' descendent of Eve, the 3pin:4lb—recent
ly married a holy whose maiden name was
Young. A few days since, a child was burn
to the wedtiCd pair, and a rich • uncle of the •
young 'lan, who, like Gilpin, 'loves, a timely_
Jule, promised to heavily endow:the boy if
the farents would christen him with the ma.
Wool name. Tnif fond but thrifty parents
consented, and the youth will hereafter be
known as •‘Young Pig." If that youth doesn't
rise up and call them ail the reverse of blessed
he will be a spiritless, fellow.
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